Updating a machine translation

Update Translation

After making changes to the source page the translations can be re-translated to stay up to date. In the global settings, the Automatic translation toggle (under General) automatically updates all translations of a page when the source page is changed.

When Automatic translation is off, translations don't refresh on their own, an outdated translation is flagged with an indicator on its language icon in the widget.

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To update the translation manually navigate to the translation and open the Easy Translator for Confluence widget. Under Current translation click Update outdated translation. A popup will open asking you to confirm that you want to update the translation. Click Update.

Manual retranslation button | Image
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Translation caching

Most machine translation services charge their users based on how many characters they've submitted for translation. Since pages might be re-translated very often when using Easy Translator for Confluence, these fees can quickly add up. To prevent this, Easy Translator for Confluence will submit page content to those services only once, and then store the results on your Confluence Instance. Each time a translation is updated it will match the translations stored on the instance with the paragraphs on the page and only the paragraphs that have changed since the last translation are re-sent to the provider.